WASHINGTON (BP)--President Clinton has announced his long-overdue appointments to a commission designed to study the impact of gambling, but the congressman who led the effort to establish the study said the White House's selections give the gambling industry an advantage on the panel. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--About 11,000 senior adults from Maryland to California gathered in Nashville, Tenn., for the third National Southern Baptist Senior Adult Convention, April 28-30, to sing, fellowship, get inspired and be entertained. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"It's not how you begin your life that counts. It's how you end your life," Anne Graham Lotz told more than 11,000 senior adults attending the closing session of the Third National Senior Adult Convention, April 28-30, in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Walter Hines Sims, 89, retired leader of the Baptist Sunday School Board's church music program, died suddenly April 30 at a Chattanooga, Tenn., retirement center. Burial was to be May 3 in Franklin, Tenn. Read More

WACO, Texas (BP)--A unique event in Baptist college history will take place when four identical sisters, the Hansen quadruplets, receive their diplomas during May 17 commencement exercises at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Read More

DALLAS (BP)--Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and the four denominational boards -- Foreign Mission Board, Home Mission Board, Sunday School Board and Annuity Board -- have been selected by the 1997 Committee on Nominations. Read More

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